Tickets to this workshop do not permit entry to the main Kaleidoscope conference, that is a separate ticketed event
Event Details:
“Respectfully Handling Deep Moral Pluralism in Complex End-of-Life Choices”
St Francis Hospice Dublin, Proudly presents
Professor Theo Boer – Professor of Health Care Ethics at the Protestant Theological University in Utrecht
Professor Boer studied theology and ethics in Utrecht and in Uppsala. From 1987-2001 he was researcher at the Center for Bioethics and Health Law at Utrecht. From 2005-2014 he was a member of a Regional Euthanasia Review Committee, during which he assessed 4,000 euthanasia reports for the Dutch Government. He is currently a member of the Dutch Health Council, a statutory advisory board for the Dutch Government. His present research concentrates on euthanasia and on overtreatment.
About this workshop
Pluralism accepts that difference and its associated traditions is normal in society whether in ethnicity, sexual orientation or faith.
In the past century the Western healthcare systems has seen vast developments in medical technologies and considerable pluralization of views on what constitutes good living, healthcare, and dying. Amidst these changes, successful decision making can only emerge where all parties learn to communicate in a way that respects all medical and moral convictions.
In this workshop, Professor Boer will explore one or more case studies from his decades of experience in the Dutch plural healthcare system and conclude with instruments that may support the navigation into deep moral pluralism in palliative care.
